MRI atrophy of the caudate nucleus and slower walking speed in the elderly

NeuroImage

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 871-878

  Dumurgier, Julien ^a,b,c   Crivello, Fabrice ^d   Mazoyer, Bernard ^d   Ahmed, Ismaïl ^a,b   Tavernier, Béatrice ^e   Grabli, David ^b   François, Chantal ^b   Tzourio Mazoyer, Nathalie ^d   Tzourio, Christophe ^a,b   Elbaz, Alexis ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^e DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Basal ganglia; Caudate nucleus; Gait; Volumetric MRI; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BAYES THEOREM; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84857007461     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.01.102     Document Type: Article

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